Artificial bait



Oct. 13, 92 1,557,083

E. H. PE CKINPAUGH Annncm. BAIT Filed Feb. e, 192:

INVENTOR WITNESSES W M'RNEY Patented Cat. 13, 1925.

ERNEST PEOKINTPAUGH, OF CEA TTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

ARTIFICIAL 3m.

Application filed February 6, 1923. Serial No. 617,319.

To all whom. it may concern: -Be it knownthat; I, ERNEST H. PECKIN- PAUGH, a citizen of the United States, residingat'Chattanooga, in the county of Hamilton and State of Tennessee, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Artificial Baits, of which the following is a specification.

- This invention relates to fish lures and to an improved methodof making the same.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide an underwater lure which is more durable and more attractive to fish than the lures nowon the market. .A particular object is to provide a lure which simulates a minnow in appearance and movement and which is caused to travelunder water when pulled by the, fisherman, thus attracting game fish whenv they are not interested in lures on" the surface. The improved lure is handled effectively by a bait casting rod, and I the tie so as to envelop and obscurethe point of the book." 7

is also useful in trolling.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of-this specification, there is shown by wayof illustration an artificial bait made in accordance with the invention.-

In the drawing e Figure 1 shows in elevation the preferred type of hook used for the lure; Figure 2 is a similar view showing the first step in the process, 'a sinker having been united with the hook of Fi 1; I

Fig. 2 is a View like Fig. '2 ,%ut showing a different manner of securing thesinker; Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the secon step in' the process, with feathers tied to thethe bod ,"starting at-eitherend and proceedhook;

Fig. 4 is a similar view illustrating the bait at the completion of the third step,

twine having been wrapped about the body 0r sinker; and

' bodiments' of the invention,

in Fig.1 1 a hook 10 which hasa bend or loop v With waterproof enamel the textile covering dered-to the hook somewhat-as Fig. 5- shows the'completed lure. i Referring more specifically to the preferred form of the invention illustrated in the drawing exemplifying other possible em-.

there is shown 11 in its shank- I prefer a hook such as is shown because similar hooks .areon the market; but. instead of using a hook having a bend, Imay employ a, metallic disk soldescribed in lSerial [N01 in I co-pendii g application, 584,850. It is preferred that the hook'ha'vfe a shape permitting a sinker, preferably of lead,.-to be. aflixed but if a lure of low for my purpose.

. completely cover the cord 17 may sultant covering is unbroken, is elastic,

band, or by the air-brush, methods combined. The enamel used con-- the same practical. t-icity, holds its color regardless of the p specific gravity isfdesired, a light weight body of any size and shape suchas the disk to the shank of the hook. In Fig. 2 a sinker 12 of lead is molded about the shank, while in Fig. 2 the sinker 12 is initially split or 'of my aforesaid application, may be secured grooved and after the hook is .laid in the groove, the edges of the sinker are closed about the hook. It is preferred that the bend 11 and the body 12 or 12 be so ar-' ranged and proportioned that the body extends substantially to the eye of tliehook,

as shown.- After the body 12, whether a sinker or other "element, is secured upon the hook,

feathers 13, 14, or similar materials are tied.

to the book as at- 15, said tie being prefer- The next step is towrap a cord, thread or piece of twine about'the body 12. The l object is to provide a surface for the body to which enamel will permanently adhere.

Ithasbeen found that if enamel is applied directly to thebod 12, if of lead, the enamel will becometarnis ed, and.. will chip or' flake off, because of the frequent knocks which a heavy body is subjected to,

rocks, gravel and the like. To impart to the twine or thread is'wound transversely about e other end." Wire will not answer InFig. 4 the cord 17 is wound one or more layers over the sinker, so as completely to cover the sinker and also the tie 15. The ends'of ing' to. t

The readhesive, or by a pin, or the like.

and

provides anideal basefor the enamel.

especially when suspended from a lure and dragged over.

6. body the best surface a length of textile cord, A

be secured by tying, by an The final step in the process is to coat provided by cord 17 This may bedone by or by the two sists principally of a material like celluloid with other ingredients added to give the proper color andmake'the application of The enamel has clas length "of. time immersed in the water, and

adheres tothe material and retains its finish under varying changes of temperature and contrasting colors are frequently applied, and as shown, in Fi 5, eyes 19, are pamted or otherwise forme near the head of the bait. I may use artificial eyes, such as are beakillin bait. v

described in my copending application, referred to above.

may be noted the dura ility of the bait, its low cost of manufacture and-its attractive appearance. The lure will tend to sink in the water more or less rapidl depending on the material of body 12, so t at the charac. ter and uses of the bait may be varied con-.

siderably. y

In actual use the lure has'been proved to While ;I ave described a preferred form of lure and one method of making it many changes from the above disclosure may be made without departing from my invention,

which is best defined in the following claims. What is claimed is: 1. An-aift ificialbait. comprising, in combination, fiitillook, a body united to the shank of the hook, feather'stied to the hookshank adjacent one end of the body, a flexiblefibrous element" wound closely about the body' and extended 'beyondthe body and also about the feather tie, andwaterproof enamel appliedxto saidwra ping whereby; the feather tie is protected rom the water.-

2. An artificial 1 bait comprising, in combination, ahook, a body "mounted. on the shank of the hook a flexi le fibrous element wrapped -.c1osely-about said body, so as sub- 'stantia'lly "to, .cover said body, and water'- proof enamel ap lied to the wrappings so as to protect the p I dy, thefibrous character .of the wrap 'erfelement preventing the en amel from akin or chipping off. 7

3. An artifici bait comprising, in combination, a fishhook havingja bend in its extending from said bend to the eye of the hook, a flexible fibrous element wrapped about said sinker to completely cover the same, and feathers fastened to the hook shank by said fibrous element adjacent the sinker so as to obscure the point of the hook.

4. An artificial bait comprising, in' com- 7 1 bination, a hook, a body secured to and Among the advanta es of the invention mounted on the hook shank, a cord wrapped transversely about the body so as to cover the body, and waterproof enamel applied to the wrapped body so as to fill the interstices between the wrappingsof the cord and also the cord itself and to provide a substantial- .ly smooth waterproof surface for the lure.

5. The method of making an artificial bait which consists in mountin .a body on the pletely to cover the sinker from end to end,

and coating the wrap ings of the cord with waterproof enamel 0 such a nature that a smooth surface for the bait results.

7. The method of making an artificial bait which consists in securing a sinker upon the shank of a hook with one end adjacent the 85 eye of the hook, tying-feathers to the hook adjacent the sinker, wrapping a cord about thesinker to envelop it and also to envelop.

the tie, and coating the wrappings of the. cord. with water proof enamelof such a nature that a smoot surface results. I f

' ln testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature.

i ERNEST HILARY PEQK-INPAUGH. 

